Peaches did originate in China, but quickly spread widely into the Eastern countries. The Persians brought peaches from China. From Persia they went to Egypt, where the Romans picked them up. The Romans called them persicum malum, (Persian apple) and in English the word "peach" derives from the Latin name. In Middle English, it melded into "peche", much closer to what we call it today. I don't think that they became common as a fruit for general consumption in England and France, though, until the seventtenth century, but were probably as EC suggests, used for medicinal purposes.
The Crusades did have the effect of exposing the French and English to spices, fruits and vegetables more common in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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[quote=""LoveHistory""]ROFL! Thank you Ash. I was a bit confused by the baking of heads in magic boxes, but the rest was perfectly clear.[/quote]
Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot!
Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot!
[quote=""Ash""]Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot![/quote]
Now, I do believe you have forgotten to mention that lovely pink tape they used to hold those little curly cues (WTH did one call those, female sideburns?) in place on the side of one's face.
Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again
Now, I do believe you have forgotten to mention that lovely pink tape they used to hold those little curly cues (WTH did one call those, female sideburns?) in place on the side of one's face.
Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again
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Aha! The Persian connection makes perfect sense to me. (And so do the magic baking boxes.)
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[quote=""Misfit""]Now, I do believe you have forgotten to mention that lovely pink tape they used to hold those little curly cues (WTH did one call those, female sideburns?) in place on the side of one's face.
Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again [/quote]
Heheh. Oh they've never gone away -- just look at the televangelist's wives on the preachin' channels -- there's one on there with this pinky-orange hair that is about a foot out from all around her head, and the makeup on about an inch thick. Saw that late one night and thought I was having a flash-back.
Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again [/quote]
Heheh. Oh they've never gone away -- just look at the televangelist's wives on the preachin' channels -- there's one on there with this pinky-orange hair that is about a foot out from all around her head, and the makeup on about an inch thick. Saw that late one night and thought I was having a flash-back.
[quote=""Telynor""]Heheh. Oh they've never gone away -- just look at the televangelist's wives on the preachin' channels -- there's one on there with this pinky-orange hair that is about a foot out from all around her head, and the makeup on about an inch thick. Saw that late one night and thought I was having a flash-back.[/quote]
Good lord, are they still around??? See what I miss not watching TV?
Good lord, are they still around??? See what I miss not watching TV?
[quote=""Misfit""] Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again [/quote]
OMG, I looove Farrah Fawcett type hair, lol!!! What's old is new, I guess!
OMG, I looove Farrah Fawcett type hair, lol!!! What's old is new, I guess!
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Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
Hairspray
[quote=""Ash""]Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot![/quote]
Ash...I remember seeing pix. of women sitting in salons with those outer space hot air helmets...I remember the smell of hairspray, and backcombing (ouch)......I remember my high school sweetheart said she couldn't leave the house because she just washed her hair?.........she sat around with a towel around her head most of the night....Do you think Big Hair will ever come back?.....BTW....I haven't been to a barber in years....women are so much better at cutting hair.......Peace
Ash...I remember seeing pix. of women sitting in salons with those outer space hot air helmets...I remember the smell of hairspray, and backcombing (ouch)......I remember my high school sweetheart said she couldn't leave the house because she just washed her hair?.........she sat around with a towel around her head most of the night....Do you think Big Hair will ever come back?.....BTW....I haven't been to a barber in years....women are so much better at cutting hair.......Peace